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The state's legislature, where both chambers are controlled by Republicans, has proposed a voting map that largely protects both Democrat and Republican incumbents, and corrals likely Republican voters into the two new seats. (Bloomberg) -- Texas's state legislature is drawing criticism for its proposed map of new congressional districts, likely to send at least two more Republicans to Washington next fall even as minorities have fueled the state's population boom over the last decade.

The article focuses on the effort made by the city council of Fort Worth, Texas to increase the delivery capacity for capital projects by 600 million dollars to be made between 2008 and 2013. It says that along with the effort is the existing 1.2 billion-dollar worth of infrastructure work that are already scheduled on the said period. It states that Fort realized the need to enlarge its program management staff, however the said initiative will also increase its long-term pension liabilities.

The article presents the discussion on office of territorial delegate predating the Constitution created by the Continental Congress through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 including Congress using the office of resident commissioner for permitting representation in the House.

After West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last night introduced a major tax, energy and climate package, experts who specialize in measuring the relationship between policy and climate emissions affirmed the Democrats' estimate that it would cut US carbon dioxide emissions 40% by 2030. Senate Deal Puts US Back in Climate Fight With "Huge" Emissions Cuts With $370 billion in energy and climate spending, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 could result in "at least 800 million tons and up to 1 billion tons of additional carbon emission reductions in 2030 relative to current policy baseline.